Baker Artist Awards Announced Tomorrow!

The Baker Artist Awards are being announced and awarded tomorrow night, March 25, live on Maryland Public Television, and through a live video feed on www.bakerartistawards.org at 7:30 p.m.

The Awards consist of the Mary Sawyers Baker Prize, which will award three Baltimore area artists $25,000 each; and the Baltimore’s Choice Prize, voted on by the public, which will give seven artists $1,000 each.

The Baker Artist Awards is the first public art competition of its kind to incorporate public voting through an online forum. Over 600 Baltimore area artists were nominated, and more than 35,000 people from all 50 states and over 118 countries visited the website between November, 2008 and February, 2009, when voting closed.

More detailed information on tomorrow night’s broadcast is available on Maryland Public Television’s website, here: http://www.mpt.org/pressroom/pr/prdisplay.cfm?pruid=09032401

GOOD LUCK!!

Call for Submissions for Lotta Art @ School 33

L O T T A A R T 2 0 0 9

School 33 Art Center’s New and Improved

Annual Fundraiser & Exhibition

Fundraiser: April 25, 2009

Exhibition Preview: April 18 – April 25, 2009

Submission Deadline: March 20, 2009

School 33 Art Center, a program of the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, invites artists to submit artwork for consideration for our annual fundraiser exhibition, LOTTA ART. This annual lottery-style event raises funds for the support and growth of School 33, the renowned Baltimore arts institution that has championed the arts for nearly 30 years through exhibitions, studio space, and arts education.

School 33 is proud to announce several significant changes that have been made to this much anticipated event. These include a juried selection process, the ability to preview the selected artwork on School 33’s NEW website, and an all new venue at the award winning Silo Point complex.

To show our appreciation for your generous tax-deductible contribution of artwork, our selection committee will nominate three artists as “Best in Show”. Each of these three artists will be awarded a solo exhibition at School 33 Art Center during the 2009-10 exhibition season.

Additionally, ALL selected artists for LOTTA ART will receive:

• one free “patron” ticket for the April 25^th fundraiser
• the opportunity to purchase an additional discounted “art “ ticket
• one year long membership to School 33
• discounts on exhibition applications and art classes
• the opportunity to apply for Members’ Gallery solo exhibitions

If you have donated to Lotta Art in the past, we ask that you continue your support by doing so once again. If you are donating for the first time, please know that your donation will support our mission and our exhibition space—a space that also supports you. For more information about LOTTA ART please visit www.school33.org.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES (please read carefully):

1. Each artist can submit up to five works of art (plus one detail / piece) for consideration. Only one piece per artist will be selected for Lotta Art.
2. Image files should be titled exactly as follows and numbered corresponding to the image description sheet (last_first1.jpg; last_first1detail.jpg, etc.). Each image should be sized at least 72 dpi at approximately 1024 x 768 pixels.
3. Typed image description list including image number, title, materials, dimensions, and date completed. Please be sure to include artist’s name and contact information at the top of the page. Text files should be saved as Microsoft Word documents (last_first.doc)
4. Submissions MUST represent EXACT artwork available to donate for the LOTTA ART fundraiser.
5. All work must be securely framed and/or ready to hang or present.
6. Artists must make all necessary arrangements for the delivery and pick up of their artwork. See details below.

Applications can be emailed to jhughes@promotionandarts.com. Please type LOTTA ART in the subject line for all application materials.

School 33 will also accept images following the same guidelines on a CD and sent to School 33 Art Center before March 20, 2009.

Artists selected for inclusion will be notified by March 30, 2009. All selected artworks should be dropped off at School 33 Art Center NO LATER THAN April 10, 2009. “Best in Show” prizes for solo exhibitions at School 33 Art Center will be announced during the LOTTA ART preview cocktail party April 25, 2009.

Call For Entry @ Park School

Cornel Rubino @ Park School's Gallery

09/10 season: artists must submit their work no later than March 09 that focuses on environment, sustainability, eco, and anything surrounding it.

10/11 season: 2 open shows, submissions needed no later than March 09:

1. First show will be titled Rock, Paper... artists that work with stone and artists that work with cut paper. That is two separate mediums – not an artist that works with both.
2. Currently the other exhibit is open, although eventually it will be thematic, so I would like to see all types of work.
   

Please send proposals to:
Rick Delaney
Exhibitions Educator
The Park School
2425 Old Court Road
Baltimore, MD 21208

Attention Baltimore Artists:

Cara Ober's "Into The Shadows We Go"

Check out THE B LIST!
The B List is Cara Ober's (Baltimore's #1 Art Crusader) comprehensive list of local artists, art galleries, art organizations and publications.
Any artist with a website, living or working here in Baltimore can (and should) participate.
If you would like to be included in the listing, send a jpeg and link to your website to b.more.art@gmail.com

Upcoming Calls For Entry

"Pygmy" by Andrew Z. Williams and Alex Ebstein

These are just a few of the upcoming opportunities for Artists:

The Metro Gallery of Baltimore is currently accepting submissions for VIDEOPOLIS to be held on May 2nd - 4th. We are looking for film and video shorts, video installation artists and performers who incorporate film or video into their work. We are also looking for paintings, sculpture, photography or any visual exercise that investigates the moving image. No specific type of content is favored, and works that have not been available via mainstream outlets are preferred. All works should not be beyond twenty minutes in length. We accept dvd, mini-dvd and vhs. Please fill out our submission form, available here. All rights to submitted works remain the artists' and we only will screen selected works for this event only. Submissions will not be returned. This event is not affiliated with the Maryland Film Festival. For information please contact film@themetrogallery.net. All submissions should be sent to;

The Metro Gallery ATTN: Videopolis Submissions
1700 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

PENNED: AN EXHIBITION OF AND ABOUT DRAWING WITH PENS & MARKERS
Application Deadline, May 16
An exhibition of pen and marker drawings including photographs of the pens used to make them. Interested artists should submit a drawing, text on the pen(s) used and a photograph of the pen(s). This exhibition will travel to Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA and Lump Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, NC and possible other galleries in the coming years. Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center, Maryland Institute College of Art. For more information please visit http://www.artscape.org

detail from "Pygmy"

CALL FOR SOFTIE ARTWORK
Deadline: June 15
A crocheted bird … a felt monster … a cat made from an old sweater … so many different materials can be used to create softies, the hottest craft movement to hit the scene! The publisher of Somerset Studio, Sew Somerset and Altered Couture is thrilled to announce our newest semi-annual publication, Stuffed: A Gathering of Softies. We enthusiastically invite you to submit your own loveable and huggable softie creations for possible publication. Stuffed will be filled with pages of gorgeous photographs, easy-to-understand tips and techniques and an endless amount of inspiration. You will find new and exciting things to try when creating your own softies that will transform them from dolls to loveable works of art. Just a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing: Don’t limit yourself to just animals. Softies of all nature will be accepted. Presentation is key. We will be looking for softies that have that little extra something. Play with different materials. Try mixing a few of them together. Experiment with creative packaging or try creating a home for your softies. Please send your submissions no later than June 15, 2008 to: Stuffed, 22992 Mill Creek, Suite B, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. NOTE: Please read submission guidelines posted on our Web site. All art management questions should be sent to Art Management Coordinator Jennifer Jackson at jjackson@stampington.com
http://www.stampington.com